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ArticleDer Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen2021

[The "hot" thyroid gland carcinoma and a critical look at thermal ablation].

Joachim Jähne, Andreas Niesen, Joachim Bernhardts, Marija Hillemans

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Article in Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Joachim JähneKlinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Schwerpunkt für endokrine und onkologische Chirurgie, DIAKOVERE Henriettenstift und Friederikenstift, Marienstraße 72-90, 30171, Hannover, Deutschland. joachim.jaehne@diakovere.de.
Andreas NiesenNuklearmedizinische Klinik, DIAKOVERE Henriettenstift, Marienstraße 72-90, 30171, Hannover, Deutschland.
Joachim BernhardtsInstitut für Pathologie, Neuropathologie und Molekularpathologie - Hannover-Zentrum, Berliner Allee 48, 30175, Hannover, Deutschland.
Marija HillemansInstitut für Pathologie, Neuropathologie und Molekularpathologie - Hannover-Zentrum, Berliner Allee 48, 30175, Hannover, Deutschland.
Institut für Hämatopathologie Hamburg · DEDIAKO · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hot and hyperfunctioning thyroid gland nodules are currently treated primarily by radioiodine or surgical resection. In recent years local thermal ablation as an alternative therapeutic modality is increasingly recommended. This article reports the case of a patient with a hot thyroid nodule, which was resected and turned out to be follicular thyroid cancer. In this context it appears to be necessary to critically question thermal ablation as an alternative treatment option for thyroid nodules, particularly since the current recommendations are weak with low or even very low evidence. Radioiodine or surgery remains the first-line treatment for hot and hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules but malignancy in a hot thyroid nodule also needs to be considered.

Indexed as

Adenocarcinoma, FollicularThyroid NeoplasmsThyroid NoduleHumansIodine RadioisotopesIodine RadioisotopesHot thyroid noduleResectionThermal ablationThyroid cancer

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PMID32968827
PMCPMC7511143
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